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Marianna Burt
/ June 6, 2015What a beautiful photo! Do you know the story behind it ?
YesBiscuit
/ June 6, 2015I was struck by the photo too. I assume it is taken from the video (which I did not watch) at the source link.
anne davis
/ June 6, 2015Last month, animal advocates from Pets Broward held a peaceful protest at the groundbreaking ceremony for Broward County’s new $15.2 million, 40,000-square-foot animal care shelter. The protest focused mainly on the county not keeping to the no-kill resolution commissioners ceremoniously instituted in 2012, as well as the overall poorly managed animal shelter by county officials. And this Saturday, Pets Broward will be back at it, this time at the current shelter, located at 1870 SW 39th St. in Fort Lauderdale, to make sure the county knows they’re still there, and they’re still unhappy about how things are being run.
http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/pets-broward-to-protest-no-kill-at-broward-county-animal-shelter-this-saturday-7019532
elaine
/ June 6, 2015Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but when I clicked on the source link and got to the site hosting this material (I think it was called “Paperblog” or something similar) Norton notified me that it blocked a malware attack from the site. I skimmed through a few photos but did not dare open the video. If anyone finds another site with access to the video please post – I would love to safely share it with my dog groups!
Eucritta
/ June 6, 2015This might be it, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Nb3mXXnHM
YesBiscuit
/ June 8, 2015ugh – I’m sorry that happened Elaine. I don’t have Norton at home, which is where I came across that site. I guess I need to scan my home computer to make sure it didn’t get attacked. In the meantime, I’m going to remove the source link to be on the safe side. The vid eucritta linked to appears to be the same video.
Love My Kees!
/ June 7, 2015Hey there, just thought I’d share a couple dog trick videos in support of freeing 60+ dogs that are trapped in a puppy mill in New York. Learn more at http://www.KeesRescue.com. Thanks! http://keesofdogsdelight.com/2015/06/06/its-saturday-night-let-clancy-bring-you-a-beer-1-week-til-the-keesie-fun/
sarahjaneb
/ June 9, 2015AAC tried to spay an emaciated dog who had a foster home waiting for her. The dog died during surgery. I’m sure it couldn’t have waited a couple more weeks, because obviously she was about to go into heat in that condition, and surely her foster would’ve taken her to the dog park for a gang bang.
YesBiscuit
/ June 9, 2015How sad. When I got Wendy from a catch and kill pound (with no vet), she was intact but my vet said we needed to get her in better shape before thinking about surgery. It took awhile and she did come into season during that time but of course we did not allow her to be bred. I can understand shelter vets being overly gung ho on spay-neuter but that does not excuse risking a pet’s life for the sake of immediate surgery.
sarahjaneb
/ June 9, 2015Nope, no excuse. And I can’t even imagine how her rescuer/intended foster feels. He must be heartbroken.
Lisa B
/ June 9, 2015This is from last week (I’m way behind in my internetting!) but it’s an encouraging little article about improvements in Haywood County, NC (in the mountains, near Asheville): http://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/15788-paradigm-shift-afoot-as-haywood-plans-new-animal-shelter
njanimalobserver
/ June 9, 2015East Orange Animal Control killed a friendly dog recently adopted from another local shelter.
https://njanimalobserver.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/east-orange-animal-control-kills-a-dog-adopted-from-another-animal-shelter/
This is just the tip of the iceberg as an inspection from the prior year revealed horrific problems.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8RQfFWRnvxkdTEySkJ4RzBaa28/edit
Clarice
/ June 10, 2015A Michigan church has declined Peta’s offer of a $500 donation towards their sign repair. The donation comes with the condition that the sign must read “.The road to hell is paved with bacon. Go Vegan” for a week.
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20150609/springfield-township-church-declines-petas-offer-of-500-for-jesus-sign-repairs?source=email
db
/ June 10, 2015Good on that church! peta must be getting desperate . . . that’s my wish for them at least!
db
/ June 10, 2015Looking for up to date dog bite statistics. I would like to share them in comments in a Detroit paper after it was reported a “pitbull” killed a smaller dog. All of the haters will come out on this one and I’d like some objective sites to share. dogsbite.org is not one of them – they are on a mission to wipe any kind of bully breed from the face of the earth.
YesBiscuit
/ June 10, 2015The CDC keeps stats but as with most stats, there are problems:
http://dogbitelaw.com/dangerous-vicious-dogs/the-problem-with-statistics
db
/ June 10, 2015Thanks!
AB
/ June 10, 2015http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/
db
/ June 11, 2015Thanks!